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Fonts

Diecutting-specific fonts and dingbats

There are a bazillion fonts on the Internet, but only a handful that have been created especially for use with desktop diecutters. Here’s a list of the ones I could find (please let me know if you have found or created one):

  • AlphaFrame (TTF created in Inkscape from shapes by Denise)
  • Arrow Maker (my own creation on Dafont)
  • 09Kutups
  • Banner Bridge
  • Basic Mats
  • Basic Shapes
  • Border Bits
  • Box Font and others from Scentials
  • Crafter Stitch by Nadine for Silhouette UK blog
  • Edges, Edges 2 and Edges 3
  • Frames
  • Lattice Crafting
  • Layered Diamond and Star fonts courtesy of Rachelann
  • Nestie Lookalikes
  • Scrapbook
  • Solly PopTab (a font for making pop-up cards)
  • Top College ( a font for making stand-up letters)
  • Tribal
  • RB Assorted courtesy of Rachellann
  • Typable Rhinestone Font more commercially here

Other great fonts and dings for cutting

These weren’t designed for die cutters, but they might as well have been.

  • Cursives for diecutters (great for welding)
  • Ten more great free welding cursive fonts for diecutters
  • Ten great free dingbats for diecutting
  • Ten great Doodlebats for diecutting
  • Ten more great Doodlebats for diecutting
  • Useful font for wordbooks

Fonts like Cricut Font Cartridges

  • Craftedge Forums Matching Fonts section
  • Darcy’s illustrated list
  • Kim Score’s list

Dingbats like Cricut Shape Cartridges

  • DB Hello Cupcake (compare to Sweet Treats cartridge)
  • DB Cameo Busts (compare to cameos in Heritage cartridge)
  • DB Peppermint Holiday (compare to Winter Woodland)
  • 2Peas DW Bow Wow (compare to Paper Pups cartridge) no longer available
  • 2Peas Zoo Baloo (compare to Zoobaloo cartridge) no longer available
  • EFon (has several animals similar to Doodlecharms and strawberry similar to Indie Art cartridge)
  • DB Asian Serenity (Pagoda) no longer available
  • DB Formal Affair (Forever Young) no longer available
  • DB Passport (Destinations) no longer available

Monogram Fonts

  • Harold’s Black Oval Monograms
  • Monogram kk SC
  • 101! Antique Alpha
  • 101! Antique Alpha II
  • 101! Castlez
  • Kay’s Monogram list at Dafont

Stencil Fonts

  • my blog post on stencil fonts for cutting
  • Stencil fonts on Fontstruct
  • Free stencil version of Lobster plus tutorial on creating stencil fonts from Nadine Muir

Pen/Marker Fonts/ Cricut writing fonts /Silhouette drawing fonts

  • Lettering Delights Thin Fonts
  • my blog post on “single line” fonts for cutters
  • 15 more free “single line” fonts for cutters
  • Great post from Nadia at With Glittering Eyes showing many sample fonts drawn
  • More great examples from Nadia
  • Many fonts sampled with fine tip sharpie (nice list with links from Gigi)
  • Many Silhouette sketch fonts sampled from CraftyTina
  • 9 free “single line” fonts from CamBam (some characters do not work properly in cutting software, proceed with caution)
  • Thin font ideas, resources and links from Amy Chomas
  • Numerous fonts sampled with sketch pens from Sensory Emporium
  • Print style handwriting fonts sampled from It’s Always Ruetten
  • Filled in fonts for gel pens
  • More filled in fonts for gel pens
  • Still more filled in fonts for gel pens
  • How to fill fonts and images using the sketch tool in SSDE
  • How to fill fonts with the line fill tool in SCAL4
  • How to add fill to any font or image with Inkscape
  • How to add fill to any font or image with Inkscape and Eggbot extensions
  • How to fill fonts using inset in Inkscape
  • How to fill fonts using inset in Silhouette Studio (video)
  • How to use Lettering Delights Doodlebats as gel pen digistamps
  • Generating single line text in Inkscape
  • Creating single line text and graphics with MTC
  • Creating single line text and graphics with RapidResizer
  • Creating single line text and graphics with Adobe Illustrator
  • Creating single line text and graphics with Autotrace
  • Creating single line text and graphics with an iPad

Other Font Links

  • How to make your own font with Inkscape
  • How to make your own font in Windows 10
  • Making and merging fonts with IcoMoon
  • Free character map template-Inkscape and Adobe Illustrator
  • Free character map template-Silhouette Studio
  • Fontstruct free web-based font maker
  • Calligraphr free web-based font maker
  • Paintfont.com free web-based font maker
  • Yourfonts web-based font maker (fee)
  • Darcy’s font info and links (font ID and more) no longer available
  • Greek Fonts
  • How to un-distress type in Silhouette Studio
  • How to un-distress type in Make the Cut
  • How to view installed and uninstalled fonts in MacOS
  • Making the most of Dafont.com
  • Using Laura Worthington Fonts (Samantha) in Silhouette Studio
  • Using Fancy Fonts (Samantha, Cantoni) in Cricut Design Space
  • All the Samantha info and videos on one page
  • Understanding Type Size in Silh Studio (also helpful for Cricut)
  • Video Recording of Scrappy Dew Live where I teach on Fonts
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